Figure 1

Percent of patients in each monotherapy/polypharmacy treatment category. Abbreviations: Mono, monotherapy; Poly, polytherapy; No AP, no antipsychotic treatment. Definitions: Monotherapy: Predominant antipsychotic monotherapy (> 300 days); Polypharmacy: Predominant antipsychotic polypharmacy (> 300 days); Mix: Mono/Poly: Substantial periods of monotherapy (61 to 300 days) and substantial periods of polypharmacy (61 to 300 days), but no substantial periods of no antipsychotic treatment (< 60 days); No Antipsychotic: Patients predominately without prescribed antipsychotics (> 300 days); Mix: No AP/Mono: Patients predominately without prescribed antipsychotics (> 300 days) and substantial periods of monotherapy (61 to 300 days); Mix: No AP/Poly: Patients predominately without prescribed antipsychotics (> 300 days) and substantial periods of polypharmacy (61 to 300 days).